2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours

The 2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours was the sixth round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal on 20 September 2009. Selleslagh Racing Team won their first race of the season while their driver James Ruffier's won his first race in FIA GT. Pekaracing earned second place while the No. 2 Vitaphone Racing car completed the podium with a pass on the second to last lap of the race. The No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari won in GT2 followed by the No. 60 Prospeed Competition Porsche and No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari.

Layout of the Algarve International Circuit

Report

edit

Qualifying

edit

Qualifying results

edit

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
1 GT1 No. 8 Sangari Team Brazil Enrique Bernoldi 1:40.664 1
2 GT1 No. 3 Selleslagh Racing Team James Ruffier 1:40.754 2
3 GT1 No. 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Alex Müller 1:40.820 8
4 GT1 No. 4 Peka Racing Anthony Kumpen 1:41.164 3
5 GT1 No. 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:41.168 4
6 GT1 No. 1 Vitaphone Racing Team Andrea Bertolini 1:41.410 5
7 GT1 No. 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Bas Leinders 1:43.854 6
8 GT2 No. 95 PeCom Racing Team Matías Russo 1:45.998 7
9 GT2 No. 97 Brixia Racing Martin Ragginger 1:46.095 9
10 GT2 No. 61 Prospeed Competition Marco Holzer 1:46.146 10
11 GT2 No. 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Malucelli 1:46.243 11
12 GT2 No. 50 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni 1:46.301 12
13 GT2 No. 51 AF Corse Álvaro Barba 1:46.369 13
14 GT2 No. 56 CRS Racing Rob Bell 1:46.461 14
15 GT2 No. 60 Prospeed Competition Emmanuel Collard 1:46.528 15
16 GT2 No. 55 CRS Racing Tim Mullen 1:46.696 16
17 GT2 No. 59 Trackspeed Racing Tim Sugden 1:47.360 17
18 GT2 No. 78 BMS Scuderia Italia Diego Romanini 1:48.233 18
19 GT1 No. 11 Full Speed Racing Team Did Not Participate 19

† – The No. 2 Vitaphone Maserati was penalized five grid spots after causing an avoidable accident at the 2009 Budapest City Challenge.

Race results

edit

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GT1 3   Selleslagh Racing Team   Bert Longin
  James Ruffier
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 66
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
2 GT1 4   Peka Racing   Anthony Kumpen
  Mike Hezemans
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 66
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
3 GT1 2   Vitaphone Racing Team   Miguel Ramos
  Alex Müller
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 66
Maserati 6.0 L V12
4 GT1 8   Sangari Team Brazil   Enrique Bernoldi
  Roberto Streit
  Xavier Maassen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 66
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
5 GT1 1   Vitaphone Racing Team   Michael Bartels
  Andrea Bertolini
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 66
Maserati 6.0 L V12
6 GT1 33   Vitaphone Racing Team DHL   Alessandro Pier Guidi
  Matteo Bobbi
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 66
Maserati 6.0 L V12
7 GT2 51   AF Corse   Álvaro Barba
  Niki Cadei
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
8 GT2 60   Prospeed Competition   Emmanuel Collard
  Richard Westbrook
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 64
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9 GT2 77   BMS Scuderia Italia   Paolo Ruberti
  Matteo Malucelli
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10 GT2 95   PeCom Racing Team   Matías Russo
  Luís Pérez Companc
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
11 GT2 56   CRS Racing   Rob Bell
  Andrew Kirkaldy
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
12 GT2 50   AF Corse   Gianmaria Bruni
  Toni Vilander
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13 GT2 97   Brixia Racing   Luigi Lucchini
  Martin Ragginger
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 64
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14 GT2 55   CRS Racing   Chris Niarchos
  Tim Mullen
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 64
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
15 GT2 78   BMS Scuderia Italia   Diego Romanini
  Ettore Bonaldi
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 63
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16 GT2 59   Trackspeed Racing   Tim Sugden
  David Ashburn
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 63
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17
DNF
GT1 40   Marc VDS Racing Team   Renaud Kuppens
  Bas Leinders
Ford GT1 M 59
Ford 5.0 L V8
18
DNF
GT1 11   Full Speed Racing Team   Stéphane Lémeret
  Luke Hines
Saleen S7-R P 52
Ford 7.0 L V8
19
DNF
GT2 61   Prospeed Competition   Marco Holzer
  Darryl O'Young
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 34
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Qualifying". FIA GT Championship. 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-09-19.


FIA GT Championship
Previous race:
Budapest City Challenge
2009 season Next race:
FIA GT Paul Ricard 2 Hours